Klempner eyes the two men up and down. “Successful day at the office?” he drawls.
Richard clicks his tongue. “Yes, very successful. The mayor is all co-operation over the business of retiming the works for the City development project. What’s left of that rat-hole of Finchby’s will be levelled as soon as the police have finished with it.” He Hmmphs… A satisfied-sounding noise. “… And a lot of the surrounding area is going too.”
Klempner arches brows. “Is that so?” He stares into space, then, “Speaking ill of the dead; James, how are you going with Finchby’s hard drive? Found anything useful?”
I blink. “You still have it?” I say. “I thought you’d handed Finchby’s laptop to the police?”
“I did. The police have the original machine. I’m working with a cloned drive. I checked over what was
